PSP Reaches 50 Million Units Sold Worldwide
Written by Anthony 
Today, Sony Computer Entertainment announced that the PlayStation Portable has reached 50 million units sold worldwide. Not too shabby considering it’s the king of the console’s first attempt at a handheld. Full press release after the jump…
TOKYO, Feb. 13 /PRNewswire/ — Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) today announced that the cumulative worldwide sell-in units of PSP®(PlayStation®Portable) handheld entertainment system (PSP-1000, 2000 and 3000 series) reached a total of 50 million units(*1) as of January 2009.
As the first handheld platform from the PlayStation® family, PSP made its debut in December 2004 in Japan, March 2005 in North America, May 2005 in Asian countries and regions, and September 2005 in Europe/PAL territories. Bringing the innovative entertainment world of PlayStation® and PlayStation®2 on the go, PSP introduced the latest advancement in technology for building handheld devices, including a 4.3 inch wide high resolution LCD screen, the largest of its kind for a portable device. PSP opened up an entirely new gaming market by offering the fun of playing full-scale 3D-CG games as well as viewing high resolution video images anytime, anywhere, and also by offering users new ways of enjoying digital entertainment, including playing games on-line with family and friends via a wireless LAN feature.
PSP keeps evolving as an innovative handheld entertainment system, offering a wide array of exciting software titles and introducing fun peripherals as well as upgrading features through regular system software updates. Inheriting the basic functions and the design philosophy of PSP-1000, slim and light PSP (PSP-2000) was launched in September 2007, introducing new features such as “Skype” and expanding the joy of PSP from the entertainment arena into the area of communication. In October 2008, SCE introduced PSP-3000 to the world, featuring an advanced high contrast LCD and a built-in microphone, while maintaining the form factors of PSP-2000. Gaining even greater support from a wide range of users worldwide, the world of PSP continues to grow.
On the games front, more than 2,000 titles on UMD are available worldwide, with cumulative software sell-in units reaching 200 million to date(*2). In addition to packaged games, taking advantage of PSP’s network capability, many network games have become available for download initially via PLAYSTATION®3 or PC. More and more games are being made available for download since it was made possible in fall 2008 for PSP users to access PlayStation®Store directly via wireless Internet. Currently, a total of over 500 titles from PlayStation®Network exclusive games, “Game Archive” titles featuring the original PlayStation games, and downloadable version of UMD titles are available for download(*3). Many more exciting new software titles in a variety of genres are planned continually for release from third party developers and publishers as well as from SCE Worldwide Studios. Also with a steady increase in the number of registered PlayStation Network accounts, SCE will continue to further enhance network services for both game and non-game entertainment content.
SCE will vigorously promote the expansion of the PSP platform and offer a variety of interactive digital entertainment.
5 Responses to “PSP Reaches 50 Million Units Sold Worldwide”
Congrats PSP. Where is that picture from?
Well, I’m one of the 50 million but I’m about to trade it in. Just not worth keeping at this point. Barely any games to really speak of after all these years and the more they update it the more it becomes a non-portable device (DualShock support, TV out support).
I think I’ll wait for the PSP2 when the system will, most likely, have an internal HDD and maybe some motion and/or touch controls. Or at the very least have dual analog sticks. It should also be a phone and give the iPhone a little more competition now that it’s catching up with games.
Oh yeah, and Sony should release some sort of iTunes-like application for the PSN Store with videos, games and music.
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Great job, PSP!
incredibilistic – Please, just stop. Not everyone wants a ton of shovelware just so they can throw their money away every week on a new game. Some of us like a few, good games more than a ton of crap. And putting in a bunch of bloat into your hardware is not a proper way to go. If they put in an HDD, motion/touch controls, two analog sticks, and all that other crap, the system would be HORRIBLE. But, I guess it would please the few morons like yourself out there, who would ignore it anyways and go back to playing Mario Kart. Also, they DO have a store – it’s called the PSN. You can purchase games from it, and download some videos (mostly game trailers – because it is, after all, a GAMING system). There is also some music to download – GAME music, because it’s a GAME system. Why the hell does everything need to be another bloated iTunes/iPhone/iPieceOfCrap? It doesn’t, and your attitude is appalling.
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